TCS - Why Read a Manual or Upgrading Memory
Why Read a Manual
or
Upgrading Memory
by Paula Sanders
Tulsa Computer Society
From the December 1997 issue of the I/O Port Newsletter
The slogan the more memory the better seems to have become the catch phrase as the price of memory has dropped and programs have become more memory hungry. But, even if your mother board has many slots, additions of memory have to be made in accordance with the manual that comes with the motherboard. One cannot just add memory until all the slots are filled nor, as a rule, can one mix different types of memory. Memory is inserted into banks on the motherboard. The combinations each bank can hold are part of the configuration of the motherboard. For example, on my motherboard there are three banks - bank 0, bank 1, and bank 2. Only certain combinations of memory can go in those banks. In bank 0, I can put 2-32meg simms; in bank 1, I can put 2-32 meg simms; but I cannot put another pair of 32 meg simms in bank 3. I can only put a pair of 8 megs simms. On the other hand, I could put 2-64 meg simms in bank 0, etc. How does one know this? One needs to see it in the manual. But, and always there is a but.....what are the positives of a 64 meg simm in comparison the negatives......? If I want my total memory to equal 128MB, do I buy 2-64 meg simms or 4-32 meg simms? My manual says I can do either. This is why, I personally, do not buy through the mail nor at a discount house except for certain peripherals like printers, for example. That is why I stress in all my articles on purchasing equipment, that a perspective buyer should look around and settle on one store. While cost is important, the quality of the store s personnel, both on the sales side and on the technical side, should be the most important factor in choosing a place of purchase.
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